Search Results: Authors starting with J from Singularity Rare & Fine

Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 2012. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New; pristine. See scans and description. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 2012. Original publication by Prentice-Hall in 1989. 'An Introduction to Differential Geometry', by T.J.Willmore. ISBN 9780486486185. Octavo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 334 pp. (x 317 + 7 pp. Dover catalog). Brand new, flawless. See scans. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LG7

New York: Judge Publishing Co., 1929. First Edition . Illustrated Wraps. Very Good Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. James Tramgath. New York: Judge Publishing Co., 1929. First Edition. February 9, 1929 issue. 11" x 8 3/8"; illustrated wraps, 32 pp. Cover by James Tramgath, interior illustrations in B&W by a variety of artists and cartoonists, including Gardner Ray and R.B. Fuller. Remarkable condition for a Judge issue from the 20's. Some soiling / toning, more so on back cover, otherwise a bright, colorful, strong VG+ or better copy. Very sharp. A very representative issue of this famous and long-lived weekly magazine of humor & satire, which by this time was very Art-Deco in its illustrations; plenty of flapper-ism, too. Delightful James "TramGath" cover depicts a strikingly pretty young flaper pinning a variety of wardrobe items up to dry, with the painting title: "A Good Hangout". Jokes, cartoons and satire abound,… Read More

Miami: QuanTuro Publishing, Inc., 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Near Fine; see scans and description. Box-shipped - no bags. Miami: QuanTuro Publishing, Inc., 2004. The March, 2004 issue of Florida International Magazine. Large quarto, photographically illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 152 pp. Near Fine; small crease at top right, faint but long crease at rear cover. Otherwise, just micro-touch signs of use. Sharp. Esther Jackson's opus, showing off the beauty inherent in all facets of Florida life, as it was in 2004. Sumptuous photography throughout, and wide-scope journalism to accompany. Even the ads seem to deserve framing. Scarce, and unexpectedly, indefinably sensuous. See scans. Shipped in a strong, new, protective box; no bags here. LPR9

New York: Random House, Inc., 1974. Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tenggren (Gustaf Adolf Tenggren). New, and completely pristine. See scans and description. New York: Random House, Inc., 1974 (renewed from 1947). Later printing. Latest date shown is 1974, though the 13-number ISBN (9780307021106) indicates more recent vintage than that. 'The Saggy Baggy Elephant. A Golden Book' by K.& B. Jackson, with memorable and those movingly nostalgic full color illustrations by Tenggren (Gustaf Adolf Tenggren). Octavo, Tenggren-illustrated boards, patterned gilt spine with line illustrations, 24 pp. New, pristine and flawless, stem to stern. See all scans. The apparent 'rubs' at the spine are neither rubs nor any other kind of damage - those are from variable reflectivity in the shiny gilt spine. Top condition. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. L7n

New York: Scribner's, 1938. First American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 11" x 8.5. Plates, Photographs. About Near Fine. New York: Scribner's, 1938. First American Edition. xviii, 154 pp. + plates. Illustrated with 10 mounted color plates and 93 monotone plates from photographs, silhouettes, paintings, etc. 11x8½, red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Just a touch of spine lightening, light shelf wear; quaint bookseller's small label on rear pastedown for the collector of those, this one being "Newbegin's / 358 Post Street / Opposite Union Square / San Francisco" as a small oval. Near fine, quite sharp. Tissue guards at frontis and elsewhere still quite pristine. Extremely scarce Scribner's first American edition, in superior condition, of the noted work by the era's leading historian of silhouettes, or "scissortype", as these were first known in England. Includes a dictionary of silhouette artists in the back. Color plates… Read More

New York: Friedman / Fairfax Publishers & Amber Books Ltd., 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Near Fine - very. See scans and description. New York: Friedman / Fairfax Publishers (copyright holder: Amber Books Ltd.), 2000. First Edition / First Printing of Robert Jackson's 'Submarines of the World: 300 of the World's Greatest Submarines'. 16mo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 320 pp. Near Fine; in fact, no salient flaws whatsoever. See scans. An absorbing, nicely researched and illustrated reference on all the submarines most worth knowing about - 300 of them. Collectible first edition. LG8

New York: Mutual Music Society, Inc., 1941. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New York: Mutual Music Society, Inc., 1941. "Booglie Wooglie Piggy" sheet music, lyrics and music by Roy Jacobs. Quarto, illustrated folded wraps, 6 pp. including covers, as numbered. Very Good Plus to About Near Fine, micro-edge wear and modest soil / toning. See scan. Classic and scarce example of "jump blues", a subset of swing. Performed most notably by the Andrews Sisters and Glenn Miller. Vintage music ephemera and collectible. L-eph1.

New York: Renown Publications, Inc., 1972. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Very Good. See scans and description. New York: Renown Publications, Inc., 1972. The March, 1972 issue of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, that being Volume 30, Number 4. 12mo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 128 pp. Very Good, with small "x" on front cover (scan); covers are moderately rubbed in places; white-background rear cover shows some soil; the inevitable age-toning to the newsprint-paper interior pages is of the standard degree, for this inexpensively-produced series (see all scans). Superior spine. Firmly bound, and very readable, should you choose to do that; also collectible, in several categories. Lead story, "A Man of Violence", is by Brett Halliday, the creator of the great fictional detective after which this series is named. Other contributors include Richard O'Brien; Edward D. Hoch; Thomas N. Scortia; A.F. Oreschnick; Edwin… Read More

New York : Foundation Press, 2006. Soft cover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Brand New, and immaculate. New York: Foundation Press, 2006. Law and the Health System , ISBN # 1587789094. Quarto, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, xxv + 517 pp. Brand new, pristine and flawless. See scan. LT16

Washington, DC: National Geographic Society / Bonne Pioche, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New; Deluxe Leather Edition, with accompanying 27 x 39.5 March of the Penguins Poster. See description and scans. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2006 (publisher) / Bonne Pioche. First Edition of the very scarce Deluxe Edition of National Geographic's March of the Penguins, based on Editions Michel Lafon's La Marche de L'Empereur. This is not the standard hardcover issue, but the fine grain synthetic leather-bound, lightly padded Deluxe Edition (see scans); also included is the 27" x 39.5" oversized poster (see scan; please NOTE that the poster was shipped here by NGSD in twelve-fold, hence will be shipped by us folded as well). Quarto, navy blue fine grain synthetic leather lightly padded boards, silver imprinting on front cover and spine, silver-black satin page-marker ribbon, All Edges Silver; 157 pp. + 1. New;… Read More

Washington, DC: National Geographic Society / Bonne Pioche, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New, and still in NGS original shrinkwrap; see description and scans. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2006 (publisher) / Bonne Pioche. First Edition of the very scarce Deluxe Edition of National Geographic's March of the Penguins, based on Editions Michel Lafon's La Marche de L'Empereur. This is not the standard hardcover issue, but the fine grain synthetic leather-bound, lightly padded Deluxe Edition (see scans); also included is the 27" x 39.5" oversized poster (see scan; please NOTE that the poster was shipped here by NGSD in twelve-fold, hence will be shipped by us folded as well). Quarto, navy blue fine grain synthetic leather lightly padded boards, silver imprinting on front cover and spine, silver-black satin page-marker ribbon, All Edges Silver; 157 pp. + 1. New; pristine and immaculate; still in original NGS… Read More

Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Woman Magazine, LLC and Eagle Publications, 2014. 1st Edition . Single Issue Magazine. As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Woman Magazine, LLC and Eagle Publications, 2014. The June, 2014 issue of Syracuse Woman Magazine. Quarto, glossy photo-illustrated stapled wraps, 50 pp. As New; pristine. What better month than June for an issue that focuses on things bridal? Plenty of other topics, as well - see scan of contents page - all brightly photographed. Slick publication. See scans. Lpr4

Hornsby Westfield, New South Wales, Australia: The Writer's Coffee Shop, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine; see scans and description. Hornsby Westfield, New South Wales, Australia: The Writer's Coffee Shop, 2011. The quite scarce first, edition, published in 2011 by WCS, in this case accompanied by the even scarcer Fifty Shades Darker bookmark, printed with part of the cover design on the front side and some text on its reverse. This first edition is the Lulu variant, with the 90000 barcode number and the slightly differently arranged back cover text than the Hill Print Solutions variant (chronological priority for the two variants can't be determined for this title). Octavo, wraps, 383 pp. Cover image by E. Spek, cover design by Jennifer McGuire (see copyright page scan). Near Fine - very Near Fine, with just minor traces of handling outside, and none inside. See scans. Almost flawless and clearly never read.… Read More

Hornsby, Westfield, New South Wales, Australia: The Writer's Coffee Shop, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good. See scans and description. Hornsby, Westfield, New South Wales, Australia: The Writer's Coffee Shop, 2011. First State of the First Edition, with no numeral on the spine and the lulu bar code number 90000 on the back cover. Octavo, wraps, cover illustrated from an art photo by "Papuga2006"; 372 numbered pages. About Very Good; this copy has been read. The cover corners are curling (see scan), and there is some spotting to the page fore-edge. The Bookmark is Near Fine, with a light crease near the bottom (scan). This is the extremely scarce first state of the first edition, with the equally scarce original WCS Fifty Shades of Grey bookmark that accompanied it. WCS copies dated in 2011 and with the lulu bar code number which do have a spine numeral "I" are also first editions, but a later… Read More

Hornsby Westfield, New South Wales, Australia: The Writer's Coffee Shop, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine; see scans and description. Hornsby Westfield, New South Wales, Australia: The Writer's Coffee Shop, 2011. The quite scarce first edition, published in 2011 by WCS. The Hill Print Solutions variant, with the 51999 Barcode number and the slightly differently arranged back cover text than the LuLu variant (chronological priority for the two variants can't be determined for this title). Octavo, wraps, 383 pp. Cover image by E. Spek, cover design by Jennifer McGuire (see copyright page scan). Near Fine, with a long but thin and modest crease at front cover and a tiny tweak at top right front cover corner; see scan. Otherwise, quite flawless and clearly never read. Protectively archivally stored. Second title in the memorable trilogy by E.L. James, the first such worldwide success to start as an e-book and… Read More

The Writer's Coffee Shop, 2011. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dreamstime and Jennifer McGuire. The Writer's Coffee Shop, 2011. First Edition, the Lulu / LightningSource print run, with the spine roman numeral - the rough analog of "second printing" of the first edition. Octavo (9" x 6"), photo-pictorial wraps designed by Jennifer McGuire and executed by Dreamstime, 372 pp. Better than Very Good plus; about Near Fine; corners just touched, small folding to the corners of several consecutive pages, and the glossy cover, held at an angle, shows several faint impressed lines, presumably when original owner had written made lines on a piece of paper using the book as a hard surface. Sharp and clean, showing no smudging, soiling or other signs of prior use except as noted. See scans. The memorable Fifty Shades of Grey started as an author-promoted submission to The Writer's Coffee Shop in 2011, who then… Read More

The Writer's Coffee Shop, 2011. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dreamstime and Jennifer McGuire. The Writer's Coffee Shop, 2011. First Edition, the Hill Print Solutions print run - the rough analog of "third printing" of the first edition. Octavo (9" x 6"), photo-pictorial wraps designed by Jennifer McGuire and executed by Dreamstime, 372 pp. New. Faint spotting, as produced and shipped (all Hill copies of FSG I've personally seen have this issue; Hill copies are also iridescent under a scanner lamp, and images must be descreened), and lower left rear cover corner slightly pushed, also as originally shipped. Otherwise, Fine. New and never read. See scans. The memorable Fifty Shades of Grey started as an self-promoted book submitted to The Writer's Coffee Shop in2011. TWCS then contracted with Lulu Self-Publishing (for printing) and Lightning Source (for distribution) to fulfill a growing international wait… Read More

Hornsby Westfield, New South Wales, Australia: The Writer's Coffee Shop, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good; see scans and description. Hornsby Westfield, New South Wales, Australia: The Writer's Coffee Shop, 2012. The true first edition & printing, published in 2012 by WCS, in this case accompanied by the scarce Fifty Shades Freed bookmark, printed with part of the cover design on the front side and additional title information on its reverse. Octavo, wraps, 456 pp. Very Good, plus some; crease at lower left, front cover is the only notable flaw. Touch-wear elsewhere; see all scans. Contents flawless. Sharp, bright, tight, scarce. Clearly never read. In archival protection. Fifty Shades Freed, ISBN 9781612130606, third title in the memorable trilogy by E.L. James, the first such worldwide success to start as an e-book and print-on-demand copies. Uncommon as this 2012 WCS First, more so with the bookmark, of… Read More

San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1925. First Edition . Original Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4. Walter Huber, Fred Herz, T.J. Hellman, Inez Mexia, William E. Colby, Joseph Dixon, H.P. Rankin, Frank H. Lewis, Philip S. Carlton, William H. Wright, Lee L. Stopple, Quong Jue, R.L. van Oosting. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1925. First Edition. Vol XII, No. 2, for 1925. This was published during a several-year time period when the Sierra Club did not stipulate the month of an issue, just the volume, the number, and the year- monthly designations for such an infrequent publication having always been somewhat unnecessary in any case. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/4" x 6 1/4", 102 pp. + unpaginated photographic plates, features and ads, including a plate fold-out with two panoramic wide angles, from Mount Hamilton, by William H. Wright. Very Good plus, really quite close to near fine; the major flaw being the common one that circuit binding (yapp binding) was used, in which cover edges… Read More

New York: The Town Hall, Inc., 1953. First Edition . Wrappers. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York: The Town Hall, Inc. / ABC Radio Network, 1953. Transcript of the 798th broadcast of "Town Meeting" [topic: UFOs]. Moderator: James F. Murray, Jr.; Guest Speakers: Major Donald E. Keyhoe and Jonathan Leonard. 12mo, folded printed wraps, 16 pp. A bit of age-toning, two small light creases at front cover, else Near Fine. A remarkable morsel from the energetic UFO first age. Town Meeting host James F. Murray interviewed Major Donald E. Keyhoe - author of The Flying Saucers Are Real and Flying Saucers From Outer Space - as proponent, and Time Magazine Science Editor Jonathan N. Leonard as something of a skeptic. Dicussed are the then-recent Washington, D.C. sightings, the Hempstead sighting, and others; pages 12-16 are devoted to call-in questioners. From the collection of Max Miller of Flying Saucers International and Saucers Magazine. L103